UNFI Expands Distribution Hubs in Centralia-Ridgefield, Washington
02/07/2019
According to company officials, this plan includes building a new facility and expanding another to enhance customer product offerings, create more efficient inventory management, streamline operations and incorporate best in class technology to deliver a better customer experience.
The optimization of the Pacific Northwest distribution network will also help deliver meaningful synergies contemplated in the acquisition of SUPERVALU in October 2018, officials said.
The company has entered into a long-term lease agreement with a developer in Centralia to construct a 1.2 million square-foot distribution center exclusively for UNFI on approximately 77 acres at 4002 Galvin Road in Centralia, Washington. The Centralia distribution center is located in close proximity to two existing UNFI DCs in Tacoma and Portland.
UNFI will also expand its Ridgefield, Wash. facility by 541,000 square feet (to a total of nearly 800,000 square feet) to provide capacity for its growing customer base in the natural, organic and specialty channel. This facility will deploy a warehouse automation solution that supports the company's slow-moving SKU portfolio.
"The construction of Centralia and expansion of our Ridgefield facility represents the first significant step in our optimization of UNFI's DC network following the acquisition of SUPERVALU, allowing us to better serve all our customers throughout the Pacific Northwest," said Steve Spinner, UNFI Chairman & CEO. "These are two tremendous facilities that, once complete, will provide a great working environment for our associates, an improved and efficient layout for inventory management, optimized logistics route planning, and an ability to help us deliver on the long-term synergy goals we outlined as a part of the SUPERVALU acquisition."
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